The Sad Love Story

 *The Sad Love Story*

Mugeeth & Bareerah

The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was telling his uncle Al Abaas the story of Mugheeth and Bareerah, he said: "O Abbas! Isn't it amazing how much Mugheeth loves Bareerah/Barirah and how much Bareerah hates Mugheeth?"

Bareerah was a female slave and 'Ā'isha  رضي الله عنها was interested in buying her. She was married to Mugheeth, and Ā'isha  رضي الله عنها freed her (they were married in slavery);

a free woman cannot marry a slave man, so after she became free, she had the choice to keep this marriage or to ask for the dissolvent of the marriage. 

She said, "Alḥamdulillāh, I'm tired of this marriage, I'm going to get out." 

Mugheeth loved her so much, sincerely and honestly. After she left him, he couldn't take it, so he went in public weeping, chasing her, asking her "Ya Bareera just look at me or talk to me." 

He went to Ṣaḥābah and said, "Please talk to her for me to Abū Bakr and Umar (May Allāh be pleased with them) and at the end, even to the Prophet ﷺ to ask him to intercede. So Prophet ﷺ (as the mercy for mankind) felt sorry for him, and he said he'd do it. 

When he went to Bareerah, she asked, "Are you commanding me or are you just interceding?" 

The Prophet ﷺ said, "I'm interceding." She replied, "If this is the case, then I don't want him", 

and since all else failed, he spent his life chasing after her and crying for her.

What to gain from the Ḥadīth?

Excessive love for someone, sometimes causes the forgetfulness of shyness. 

Just like in his example, he could not hide his love for Bareerah, but the Prophet ﷺ didn't chastise him for it (becuse it wasn't in his hands)

He wouldn't have been chastised for it unless he totally crossed the limits. Imām Ibn Hajr said that it is permissible if it's out of someone's hands.

In the story above, Mugeeth even went to the extent that he asked the Prophet to intercede for him. 

Mugheeth loved her so much that the Prophet ﷺ didn't deny that love, and he didn't say, "You can't, because she's not your wife anymore."

Never Love someone soo much that their absence will feel like a death upon you 💔 

📖 S‌ah‌i‌h‌ Bukhārī Volume 007, Book 063, Ḥadīth Number 206.